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 ABC Cancels Daisies, Eli Stone 

ABC cancels three shows

(Newser) - In a sweep of pre-holiday cuts, ABC has decided to pull the plug on Pushing Daisies , Dirty Sexy Money , and Eli Stone after the current season, reports E! Online . Daisies executive producer Bryan Fuller says plans are in the works for a comic book and feature film to continue the storyline of a pie-maker who can bring the dead back to life. More »

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(Newser) - The "zeitgeist-tapping, blockbuster event" that was Heroes has fallen in both ratings and creative zeal, Jeff Jensen writes in Entertainment Weekly . Here's his five-point plan to fix it: Hang up some tights: Telepathic policeman Matt Parkman, last seen wandering the African desert, must go. So too Suresh and his turn aping The Fly . More »

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 New Season Turns 
 Heroes Into Victims 

Generation Y's 'woe is us' attitude blindingly reflected in NBC's sci-fi drama

(Newser) - Beginning their third season tonight, the scrappy band of young world-savers of NBC’s Heroes is just in time, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times . The dangers they have to face, from a sinister conglomerate started by their parents to deadly viruses, make a convenient parallel to the complaints of Generation Y, who feel that they've been burned by boomer indulgences and misdeeeds. “ Heroes gives its fans cathartic validation,” Stanley writes. “You inherited a screwed-up world, and it’s not your fault.” More »

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 Friends Film Not Happening 

'No truth' to rumors sitcom cast, excited over Sex and the City success, would reunite

(Newser) - Media reports of a coming Friends movie are false, the BBC reports. Warner Brothers' publicity director said there was “no truth” to stories of a film project that have circulated since the Sex and the City film became a blockbuster. Publicists for stars Mathew Perry and Courteney Cox say no film is currently planned. More »

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Seinfeld Pitches New Series

Another show about nothing could be in the works at NBC

(Newser) - A new Jerry Seinfeld series is in the works at NBC, says Page Six . The comedian, 53, is in talks with his former network about a show that’s being pitched as “just like Curb Your Enthusiasm , but with Jerry, instead of Larry.” Once again, Seinfeld will play himself in New York in “an exaggerated reality,” writes the Page Six staff. More »

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